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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of mōnstrō (“indicate, appoint”).
Participle
mōnstrātus (feminine mōnstrāta, neuter mōnstrātum); first/second-declension participle
- shown, pointed out, indicated, having been pointed out, etc.
- appointed, ordained, having been appointed
- denounced, indicted, having been denounced
- advised, recommended, taught, having been advised
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.483:
- “ hinc mihi Massȳlae gentis mōnstrāta sacerdōs, .”
- “ A priestess from that region who is of Massylian descent was recommended to me, .”
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “monstratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “monstratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- monstratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.